More information is emerging about the attack on Bobbie Mitchell.
After an alleged stabbing attack by her grandson Mitchell Reinacher left the Texas politician hospitalized and her husband Fred Mitchell dead, police documents are shedding more light on how they say it unfolded.
According to an arrest affidavit obtained by NBC 5 Dallas Fort-Worth, someone inside the victims’ home called police just before 4 a.m. on April 21, reporting someone had a knife. The staffer who took the 911 call reportedly heard screams and evidence of a struggle.
The responding officer, according to the documents, found a white, four-door vehicle parked in front of the Mitchells’ home with the headlights on and passenger side door open, before hearing screams coming from within the house.
The officer said, once inside, said he found the suspect—later identified as the couple’s grandson—“standing in the hallway over the body of Fred Mitchell. Fred Mitchell was bleeding severely from stab wounds to the chest.” The officer then arrested the 23-year-old and removed him from the house.
According to the report, per NBC 5, police then found Bobbie inside the house with critical injuries, adding the Denton County commissioner told police at the scene that “her grandson broke into their house, stated he was going to kill them, went to the kitchen to get a knife, returned to their bedroom, and began stabbing both her and her husband.”
Police reportedly found a 6-inch serrated steak knife with blood on it on the home. The knife’s blade had allegedly been bent 90 degrees, which police say was an indication “of the amount of violent force with which it was wielded against Fred and Bobbie Mitchell.”
Per the documents, the couple’s grandson—who had been living with them since late 2024—was read his Miranda rights and refused to speak with police. He is currently being held in the Denton County Jail on $600,000 bond for murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
E! News previously reached out to Lewisville police for comment but has not yet heard back.
Following the devastating attack, members of the Lewisville and Denton County communities have spoken out in support of Bobbie and Fred.
During a Commissioners Court meeting held on April 22, Denton County Judge Andy Eads held a moment of silence, according to The Dallas Morning News, in honor of the Mitchells.
And in addition to praising Bobbie for her dedicated service, the judge added of Fred, “He may not have been elected, he may not have been appointed. He too served, as well, being that ever-supportive political spouse.”
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